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CXUS54 KLZK 020130
CLALZK
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
724 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015
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...THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2014...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1975 TO 2014
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 111 08/03/2011
08/30/2000
LOW -6 01/20/1985
HIGHEST 97 08/24 73 24 99 09/08
LOWEST 9 01/07 53 -44 18 12/07
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.4 72.0 -2.6 70.5
AVG. MINIMUM 51.3 53.3 -2.0 52.3
MEAN 60.4 62.7 -2.3 61.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 35 63.4 -28.4 71
DAYS MAX <= 32 8 4.6 3.4 4
DAYS MIN <= 32 64 41.1 22.9 57
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 79.61 2009
MINIMUM 37.02 1995
TOTALS 47.15 50.03 -2.88 51.30
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.14 -0.01 0.14
DAYS >= .01 118 107.4 10.6 120
DAYS >= .10 74 72.9 1.1 67
DAYS >= .50 36 33.3 2.7 32
DAYS >= 1.00 11 14.8 -3.8 18
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.25 04/13 TO 04/14
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 19.1 1979
24 HR TOTAL 12.0 01/06/1988 TO 01/07/1988
SNOW DEPTH 9 12/26/2012
TOTALS 4.7 4.4 0.3 1.7
LIQUID EQUIV 0.47 0.60 -0.13 0.17
SINCE 7/1 0.6 0.5 0.1 1.1
LIQUID 7/1 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.11
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= TRACE 28 2.9 25.1 17
DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.4 0.6 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 2 03/04 1 12/10
03/03 12/08
02/09 12/09
24 HR TOTAL 2.4 02/07 TO 02/08
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 3491 3006 485 3317
SINCE 7/1 MM 1192 MM MM
COOLING TOTAL 1934 2170 -236 2119
SINCE 1/1 1934 2170 -236 2119
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 10/20/1989
LATEST 04/19/1983
EARLIEST 11/13
LATEST 03/19
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/MM DATE MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/270 DATE 10/06
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM
NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 24 RAIN 41
LIGHT RAIN 105 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 3
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 12
FOG 36 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 13
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SUMMARY
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BY AVERAGE HIGH...LOW...AND MONTLY TEMPERATURE...2014 AT NORTH
LITTLE ROCK WAS THE COLDEST YEAR IN OVER 25 YEARS...AND ONE OF THE
COLDEST ON RECORD.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 1979...AND TIED 1983
AND 1989 FOR THE 2ND COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THE
COLDEST SINCE 1983...AND 4TH COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
THE COLDEST SINCE 1989...AND THE 6TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW...THERE WERE NO TRIPLE-DIGIT
TEMPERATURES...WITH THE HIGHEST READING PEAKING AT 97 ON AUGUST
24TH. AT SEVERAL POINTS DURING THE YEAR...RECORD COLD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE SEEN...PARTICULARLY DURING MARCH AND JULY...WHEN
ALL-TIME RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE
MONTHS.
THERE WERE 35 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES...WHICH WAS
THE LEAST IN A YEAR SINCE 1989...AND TIED 1989 FOR THE LEAST ON RECORD.
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SOME OF THE COLDEST SEEN IN MANY YEARS. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE YEAR WAS 9 DEGREES ON JANUARY 7TH.
THIS MARKED THE FIRST SINGLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURE AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK
SINCE FEBRUARY 4TH 1996...AND THE COLDEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE SINCE
1988.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2012...RAINFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE...THOUGH
NOT BY MUCH. RAINFALL VARIED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR...AND WAS CLOSE TO
OR ABOVE AVERAGE FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY. THE DRIEST MONTH WAS
SEPTEMBER. NOVEMBER...WHICH IS NORMALLY THE WETTEST MONTH...SAW THE
GREATEST DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...AT 3.35 INCHES BELOW THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. JUNE WAS THE WETTEST MONTH...AND WAS THE
WETTEST ON RECORD. SEVERAL DAYS DURING THE MONTH SAW RAINFALL ABOVE
TWO INCHES. HOWEVER...NO EXCESSIVE DAILY AMOUNTS WERE SEEN.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2012...SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE. SNOW
FELL IN JANUARY...FEBRUARY...MARCH...NOVEMBER...AND DECEMBER...AND
IT WAS MEASURABLE IN FEBRUARY...MARCH AND NOVEMBER. FOR MARCH...IT
WAS THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN SIX YEARS. MID MARCH EVEN SAW
THE LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN 27 YEARS...AND THE 2ND LATEST
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD. NOVEMBER SAW THE FIRST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL IN THAT MONTH SINCE 1991...AND THE 3RD EARLIEST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED. THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL DURING THE YEAR
WAS 2.2 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 7TH.
HAIL FELL ON APRIL 27TH AND OCTOBER 6TH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCED A 54 MPH WIND GUST ON OCTOBER 6TH.
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